The Rotten Romans - Roman Daily Life Assessment Your task is to create a wiki page about Roman daily life. You will work in groups of 3 people to create a wiki page. You will work together to create a detailed and interesting wiki page about one of the following:
Roman Entertainment
Roman Religion
Roman Family Life.
Each topic is divided into sub groups. You must each focus on one of the sub-topics in your wiki page: Roman Entertainment
The theatre
The bath house
Childrenʼs games
Chariot Racing
Roman Religion
Roman gods
Transition to Christianity
Religious tolerance
Roman Family Life
Role of women
Education
Funerals and Weddings
Mothers and Fathers
Details
You may create your research question from the templates below, or formulate your own question (as long as it is approved by your teacher first.
You will be expected to fill out and follow an Action Plan.
You will have access to a pathfinder to help you to find relevant information.
An LIS MLA style bibliography is required.
You will receive an individual level of achievement for your work. You will be assessed using Criterion B and Criterion D. There are task-specific clarifications on the following page.
You will be given 7 lessons to complete this task.
The deadline for this task is: ___
Research Question Templates
What was Roman daily life like?
How civilized was Roman entertainment/religion/family life?
How tolerant were the Romans?
What was it like to be a woman in ancient Rome?
How did the Romans celebrate important events?
Format of the Wiki Page Title: This must be phrased as a question: How civilized was Roman entertainment?
What similarities are there between Roman sports/ entertainment and their modern equivalents?
What similarities are there between Roman attitudes towards religion and modern attitudes?
What similarities are there between Roman attitudes towards women/education and modern attitudes?
Introduction: Some quick background details on the topic you are looking at, the sub-topics and the people you will be examining.This wiki page explains how the Romans entertained themselves. The Romans had many different forms of entertainment, including the the theatre, the bath house, childrenʼs games and chariot racing. In some ways, Roman entertainment was very civilized and ideas started by the Romans have lasted until the present day, such as going to the theatre. However, some forms of entertainment, such as chariot racing and gladiator fights could be very brutal.
Main Body: Give specific details about your chosen sub-topics. This could include:
Information about what this aspect of daily life was like
Quotations about this aspect of daily life from primary sources and secondary sources
Relevant images/video clips/audio clips, that are labelled and their relevance explained
Analysis of whether this shows that the Romans were civilized or brutal, or a bit of both!
Conclusion: Tell the reader how your topic shows what Roman daily life was like, and explain whether this shows that they were civilized or not.
Your task is to create a wiki page about Roman daily life.
You will work in groups of 3 people to create a wiki page. You will work together to create a detailed and interesting wiki page about one of the following:
Each topic is divided into sub groups. You must each focus on one of the sub-topics in your wiki page:
Roman Entertainment
Roman Religion
Roman Family Life
Details
- You may create your research question from the templates below, or formulate your own question (as long as it is approved by your teacher first.
- You will be expected to fill out and follow an Action Plan.
- You will have access to a pathfinder to help you to find relevant information.
- An LIS MLA style bibliography is required.
- You will receive an individual level of achievement for your work. You will be assessed using Criterion B and Criterion D. There are task-specific clarifications on the following page.
- You will be given 7 lessons to complete this task.
The deadline for this task is: ___Research Question Templates
Format of the Wiki Page
Title: This must be phrased as a question: How civilized was Roman entertainment?
Introduction: Some quick background details on the topic you are looking at, the sub-topics and the people you will be examining.This wiki page explains how the Romans entertained themselves. The Romans had many different forms of entertainment, including the the theatre, the bath house, childrenʼs games and chariot racing. In some ways, Roman entertainment was very civilized and ideas started by the Romans have lasted until the present day, such as going to the theatre. However, some forms of entertainment, such as chariot racing and gladiator fights could be very brutal.
Main Body: Give specific details about your chosen sub-topics. This could include:
Conclusion: Tell the reader how your topic shows what Roman daily life was like, and explain whether this shows that they were civilized or not.
For the rest of the assignment details, see the